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Ennis Esmer
Born: 29th Dec 1978 Ankara, Turkey
Dept: Acting
ENNIS ESMER is best known for his work as arms dealing hedonist turned FBI consultant Rich Dotcom on NBC’s Blindspot, lothario / tennis pro Nash in Amazon’s Red Oaks, and the ultra-challenging role of “Ennis” on the hit CTV series Children Ruin Everything, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy 3 years in a row.
He is currently hosting season 5 of Roast Battle Canada on CTV, and can soon be seen as Dr Jamie Astaphan in the Paramount+ meta-comedy-biopic-limited series Hate The Player, about the rise and fall of Ben Johnson.
He recently played a murderous tech bro on Law & Order, a murdered comedian on Law & Order: Toronto, and a jerk CEO on CBS’ Ghosts, who doesn’t get murdered or murder anybody.
Other recent highlights include the indie feature I Used to Be Funny, starring Rachel Sennot, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Netflix limited series The Madness, starring Colman Domingo & John Ortiz.
Previously, he played Oz on CTV/NBC’s The Listener for five seasons and is well known for recurring roles on Schitt’s Creek, The Flash, Netflix’s You Me Her, Syfy’s Dark Matter, FXX’s Man Seeking Woman and CW/CTV’s The L.A. Complex.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 56
Film: 26 (46%)
Television: 30 (54%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Mystery, Music, Action, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Filmography
2026
V.I.N.C.E. (Voice Intelligent Narrative Creation Engine) is a semi-nonfictional short film about an AI program that takes complete creative control of ... view
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2026
After years of burying her past, Sam is forced to return to her empty childhood home after learning of her brother Matthew’s mysterious death. Sam ... view
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Ethan
2025
Summer. 1994. Emily is cast as the youngest member of an avant garde theatre production. She is immediately entranced by the bohemian lives of her fel ... view
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Luca
Nov 2024 (first aired)
After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist. ... view
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Agent Khalil (8 ep.)
2024
Follows a tough cop, who after being transported to a dystopian future, must enter a deadly combat tournament to be able to return to his past. ... view
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Gerrard
2024
Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the stre ... view
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Bob
2024
Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to ... view
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Noah
Feb 2024 (first aired)
An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto. ... view
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Kevin Russo (1 ep.)
Jan 2024 (first aired)
Homicide detective Tess Avery is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. Reluctant ... view
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Kye (14 ep.)
2023
A group of friends purchase an infamous home with the intention of flipping it, only to discover a deadly paranormal presence emanating from within th ... view
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Reverend Marion
Feb 2023 (first aired)
Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity ... view
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Manny (6 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring. ... view
Character:
Ennis (50 ep.)
Oct 2021 (first aired)
Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. ... view
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Brett (3 ep.)
2020
A talented but abrasive chef struggles mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the cours ... view
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Mark
Feb 2019 (first aired)
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team ... view
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Richie Lugo (1 ep.)
2018
An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery. ... view
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Charlie Durant
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Two inseparable buddies, Gluko and Lennon, are in for a strange adventure. Not only must they get a lost little bubble back home to Bubble Land, but t ... view
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Stuhven (voice) (26 ep.)
2018
A deadbeat drunk and a junkie hooker join forces to take on the city, each other, and their own personal shortcomings while trying to scam $98 for bus ... view
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The Cabbie
Nov 2017 (first aired)
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running ... view
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Count Grigore (1 ep.)
2016
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation. ... view
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Brian
May 2016 (first aired)
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerho ... view
Character:
Kurtis Mazhari (28 ep.)
2016
When disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane she was supposed to be on, Sofia breaks protocol and s ... view
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Moe
Apr 2016 (first aired)
Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the only t ... view
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Kuru (1 ep.)
Mar 2016 (first aired)
An unusual, real-world romance involving relatable people, with one catch - there are three of them! You Me Her infuses the sensibilities of a smart, ... view
Character:
Dave Amari (50 ep.)
Sep 2015 (first aired)
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos ... view
Character:
Rich Dotcom (47 ep.)
2015
In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing h ... view
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Adam Mitchell
Jun 2015 (first aired)
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollectio ... view
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Wexler (1 ep.)
2015
After experiencing a callous breakup with his girlfriend Ruth, Calvin attempts to work out his frustrations over a tennis lesson with his coach and cl ... view
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Dave Ham
2015
A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true. ... view
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Jan 2015 (first aired)
Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish ... view
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Leo (5 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Ale ... view
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Emir Kaplan (3 ep.)
Oct 2014 (first aired)
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. ... view
Character:
Bashir Malik / Psych (4 ep.)
Bashir Malik / Psych / Negative Bashir Malik (1 ep.)
Negative Bashir Malik (1 ep.)
2014
A close-knit circle of Toronto friends, shaken by the break-up of their favorite couple, are forced over a winter to finally grow up. ... view
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Sean
Aug 2014 (first aired)
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer ... view
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Nash (26 ep.)
2013
Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to b ... view
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Paramedic
2013
A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids. ... view
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Ben
Character:
Himself (1 ep.)
2011
From his deathbed, David Kane challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess. If Dave wins, his life is spared. For every piece lost, someone he cares ... view
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Tim Matthews
Sep 2010 (first aired)
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to ... view
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Philip (1 ep.)
Jan 2010 (first aired)
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Do ... view
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Pete Donnelly (1 ep.)
Jun 2009 (first aired)
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coup ... view
Character:
Osman 'Oz' Bey (64 ep.)
2008
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at st ... view
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Barney
Jul 2008 (first aired)
The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they dea ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2007
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does ... view
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Jamie
2007
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. A ... view
Character:
Gord
Apr 2006 (first aired)
Set in the fictional Toronto law firm of Fagen & Harrison, the series focuses on three young lawyers struggling to balance their expectations of life ... view
Character:
Zoltan (26 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Kojak is an American television series starring Ving Rhames, airing on the USA Network cable channel, and on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. It was a reim ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Feb 2005 (first aired)
Young poker players must navigate their past along with the best players in the world to win. ... view
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College Kid (1 ep.)
Oct 2004 (first aired)
ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ra ... view
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Dr. Daniel Peters (1 ep.)
2004
Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that ... view
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Gibby
2004
A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another loca ... view
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Airport Passenger
Oct 2003 (first aired)
The Toronto Show is an innovative and high-profile entertainment variety showcase for Toronto comedians, musicians, singers, dancers and magicians and ... view
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Host (1 ep.)
2003
A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to wi ... view
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Comedian
2003
For teenager Halley, love seems like an alien concept. Her mother is divorcing her father, who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her siste ... view
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Jan 2003 (first aired)
Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his fath ... view
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Eguptian Guard (1 ep.)
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Marius Cole (1 ep.)